Paul recently finished a 31-year career with Radisson Hotel Group as the Vice President of Corporate Safety and Security. Paul specializes in building industry partnerships and has contributed to a wide-range of organizations with his work around global counter terrorism, crisis management, and evacuation. He has contributed vital knowledge and expertise to the United Nations, OSAC, the European Union, and the European hotel industry. Paul helps NorthPoint clients with public-private partnerships, crisis management, evacuation planning, counter terrorism, and training programs.
In mid-March 2020, one week after the WHO declared the global pandemic and just as lockdowns were being introduced around the world we published a blog called “A full-blown, long-term crisis...
On January 19, 2021, The UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (OCT), launched The Global Programme to Countering Terrorism Against Vulnerable Targets, developed in partnership with the UN Alliance of...
In a year full of bad news, December finally brought us some good. Vaccines that promise to help curb the pandemic and allow us to return to all those activities we have so sorely missed. Return to...
In the aftermath of the dramatic events that unfolded in Washington DC on January 6th, images emerged of unmasked, flag waving guests in the public spaces in a hotel from a major chain. The hotel...
The global Covid-19 pandemic came completely out of the blue. Except it didn’t. The terrorist attack in Vienna was a shock and surprise in one of the world’s safest cities. Except it shouldn’t...
Note: This article was first published by Hospitality Inside and is republished here with their permission. In his book, The Rules of Security, Staying Safe in A Risky World, Dr Paul Martin, CBE...
I started my career in 1987 as a night security guard in a five-star hotel where the economy was booming, the hotel was packed and our nightclub and bars were bouncing. Standing in the lobby all...
At the Hospitality Tomorrow online conference April 7, former Radisson Hotel Group CEO, Wolfgang Neumann said: At the end of the day, hospitality is about personal experience and human interaction....
The basic needs of every human are the same. Food, water, shelter, security. Without these, we cannot survive. We need these basic needs taken care of no matter whether we are at home, at work or...
On March 11, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 virus a global pandemic. The virus is spreading in communities around the world and having a dramatic impact on daily life in many...